{"id":157890,"date":"2023-02-13T16:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T22:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/can-trees-talk-to-each-other-with-fungal-networks-study-raises-doubts"},"modified":"2023-02-13T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T22:25:33","slug":"can-trees-talk-to-each-other-with-fungal-networks-study-raises-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/can-trees-talk-to-each-other-with-fungal-networks-study-raises-doubts","title":{"rendered":"Can trees talk to each other with fungal networks? Study raises doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9HiADisBfQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A new literature review of papers on \u201ccommon mycorrhizal networks\u201d seems to indicate the science behind them is not as strong as once thought.<\/p>\n<p>Akin to the Ents from \u201cThe Lord of the Rings,\u201d there is an idea in modern botany that trees can \u201ctalk\u201d to one another through a delicate web of fungus filaments that grows underground. The idea is so alluring that it has gained traction in popular culture and has even been termed the \u201cwood-wide network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Justine Karst, associate professor from the University of Alberta\u2019s Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences, it could all be nonsense.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jacquesvandinteren\/iStock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great that CMN research has sparked interest in forest fungi, but it\u2019s important for the public to understand that many popular ideas are ahead of the science,\u201d says Karst.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/can-trees-talk-to-each-other-with-fungal-networks-study-raises-doubts\">Continue reading \u201cCan trees talk to each other with fungal networks? Study raises doubts\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new literature review of papers on \u201ccommon mycorrhizal networks\u201d seems to indicate the science behind them is not as strong as once thought. Akin to the Ents from \u201cThe Lord of the Rings,\u201d there is an idea in modern botany that trees can \u201ctalk\u201d to one another through a delicate web of fungus filaments [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}